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by Lela Nargi
Before I was much of a knitter, I was an avid purchaser of yarn. Namely of Vermonter Jamie Harmon's lush, variegated skeins of merino/angora, which, in mid-1990s New York, were sold exclusively by Linda La Belle at her Brooklyn shop, The Yarn Tree. I found the colorways of the skeins irresistible, with their seafoam greens and berry reds and lively blues. At that time, even as I hoarded twist after luscious twist, I lacked the vocabulary to describe their appealing qualities. Now I know that I was lured by the extraordinary vibrancy and depth of color that can only be achieved by natural dyes.
We're experiencing a down-right craze for natural dyes—natural everything—these days. Although no one will go on record with numbers, hand-dyers, knitwear designers, and shop owners all confirm they've seen a spike of interest from consumers.
"Ten years ago," Catherine Clark, the owner of my LYS, tells me, "I couldn't find natural dyed yarns to buy wholesale." Now, such is the furor for "green" that large-scale producers are scrambling to get natural dyes—both as raw material, and powdered and liquid extracts—to market, touting their eco-friendly footprint and "skin-friendly" nature.
To understand what the fuss is about, it helps to first understand a bit of the history. Natural dyeing—that is, dyeing with anything from fungi and lichens and plant parts (leaves, bark, flowers, heartwood), to mollusks and insects—has a history of thousands of years. J.N. Liles, in Art and Craft of Natural Dyeing (Univeristy of Tennesse Press, 1990), postulates that the earliest dyestuffs were things like turmeric and safflower, which dye (or perhaps more accurately, stain) directly. Mordanting seems to have been in evidence by about 2000 BC. By 1500 BC, the Phoenicians had thriving dye houses dedicated to Tyrian purple, where they crushed countless tons of sea snails to release the mucous secretions of their hypobranchial glands, which in turn oxidized to color textiles a deep, rich purple. "Pre-Columbian cultures could create 200 colors using three or four different kinds of dyes," says Isa Rodriguez, Studio Manager of Brooklyn's Textile Arts Center. "They totally understood the concept of changing pH and using mordants."
And then, that know-how virtually disappeared.
We have a chemist named William Henry Perkin to thank for that. In 1856, he accidentally created the first synthetic dye (mauve, as it happens) while he was trying to make quinine. Sixty years later, natural dyes had been largely supplanted by synthetic dyes, which were cheaper and easier to produce, and more intensely and consistently colored. With historic recipe books scarce, improvising crafters spent the next fifty years turning out dyed textiles with some very mixed results.
In the 1970s, technology came to the rescue. That's when, says Rodriguez, "Chemistry developed to such an extent that analysis of textiles could be made. And suddenly, all this knowledge that everyone thought was lost since the development of synthetic dyes was again possible to understand." What started out as the provenance of textile conservators slipped into the hands of artists and craftspeople.
This (comparatively) newly-reclaimed knowledge is greatly in evidence among small- and medium-scale commercial hand dyers. Jamie Harmon devised her dye formulas—which use osage orange, madder, and cochineal she smashes and grinds herself—from the recipe book of a defunct hand spinning co-op from the 1970s. Leena Riihelä, whose company, Riihivilla, sells Finnsheep wool and mitten kits, grows her own Japanese indigo and woad, and forages locally for Cortinarius mushrooms.
"I use mainly so-called historical dyes," she says, noting that she learned about them by perusing forty-year-old Finnish dyebooks. "They have proven their fastness over the centuries."
"Some of my recipes would have been used a thousand years ago, they're so basic," says Andie Luijk of Renaissance Dyeing, the French company for which she produces plant-dyed yarns and threads. Like Harmon, Rodriguez, and Riihelä, Luijk is what might be called an artisinal dyer, one who cooks up her own dye baths, carefully moderates their temperature, mordants, soaks and rinses by hand—a laborious process that Harmon likens to a cross between "making a soufflé, where you have to be careful, and a stew, where you can do what you want."
Why would anyone go to all that trouble? Designer Hélène Magnússon explains that the wool she uses for Love Story—her Icelandic lace weight yarn, to be used in dress kits to support a new book she's writing—gets a lot of loving care. "It's carefully selected, washed with biological soap, left outside to dry," she says. "After all that, it would really be too bad to dye it with [synthetic] chemicals." Riihelä and Luijk have similar stories to tell, each woman having locally-sourced fibers judiciously selected and spun for them.
As a general rule, artisinal hand dyers give serious thought to what they use as mordanting agents, the (frequently metallic) substances that create a bridge between fiber and dye, allowing the latter to fuse itself to the former. Luijk says she's picky about what old dye recipes she chooses.
"Dangerous chemicals such as lead and arsenic were also used as far back as the Renaissance," she points out. She, Harmon and Riihelä all favor alum for pre-mordanting—that is, treating the yarn before inserting it in the dye. Says Luijk, "I will use an alum mordant bath for about ten sessions. And then I use the water on the brassicas in the garden. When I use iron, I use about five grams per kilo (about two and a quarter pounds) of wool. There is of course always the possibility that someone might be allergic to iron. But there are also people allergic to wool." Riihelä supplements alum and iron with some tannin-bearing barks, such as oak, alder and birch. "There are always alternatives to things that are toxic," she says.
Industrially-produced dye extracts can be used with eco-friendly mordants, too. But some artisinal dyers still see differences in processes. As with synthetic dyes, measurements for extracts are precise, and they are meant to yield the same results time after time, giving predictable coloration. This a happenstance about which some artisinal dyers are blasé.
"I never expect to get the same results as previously," says Riihelä. And, shrugs Rodriguez, "I'm personally not interested in reproducing the same color each time. But a lot of designers are, and that is a challenge." Although she has completed "ethical" dye projects for the likes of Laura Siegel, Tatyana Inglis, and Abika: "We've been really lucky that the people who come to us are accepting of the qualities of natural dyes" from raw materials—variations in color, as well as some vagaries in lightfastness.
Possibly a more significant concern than aesthetics for Rodriguez is the scale of current production. "A lot of natural dyes come from the heartwood of certain trees, and up till now, we were getting it as a byproduct from the furniture industry," she says. "But if industry starts using [these heartwoods], who's going to supply them in the quantities needed?" Potential decimation of forests worries her, as does the taking over of food farmland for the mono-cropping of dye plants, which she fears might use copious amounts of water, fertilizers and pesticides. She's not the only one to voice alarm about this. Reportedly, the 2011 International Symposium and Exhibition on Natural Dyes (ISEND) in La Rochelle, France, was a lively affair, with some 520 participating crafters, industry representatives, and farmers hotly debating what path natural dyeing "should" take.
But once again, technology, as well as vigorous research and a certain amount of common sense, seems to be paving the way for a middle ground between the extremes of local foraging for dyestuffs, and what some are afraid will prove unsustainable environmental practices. In India, a cooperative organization called Avani has a mission to provide a stable livelihood for local farmers by growing natural dyeplants on reclaimed wastelands, as well as sourcing colors from invasive species such as Eupatorium. In France, Bleu de Lectoure grows woad organically through a 90-hectare farm collective, as part of an intricate system to supply what its founder, Denise Siméon-Lambert, calls a rich, vibrant blue that "not even indigo can reproduce." The land has been designated by the government as requiring time to rest from food crop production; and its farmers have discovered a way to make money from what formerly would have been unproductive earth. "You can do this responsibly on a large scale," insists Siméon-Lambert, "if you respect the soil and the plant, and not push it to the extreme of what it can give."
"There is a growing awareness that we need to turn around and look at what we're doing to the Earth," says Luijk (who, incidentally, is a Bleu de Lectoure customer). "A nod towards the absurdity of buying wool that has been chemically drenched in China, while the shepherd down the road is burning his wool."
Meanwhile, in Vermont, Jamie Harmon—who cites first and foremost the "electric neon look" of synthetic dyes as the driving force behind her decision to use natural dyes—continues to happily cook up skeins of variegated yarn with names like "seaglass." They, and others like them, by artisinal hand dyers the world over, can lately be found in abundance in a LYS near you.
Lela Nargi is the author, most recently, of Astounding Knits and Knitting Around the World (both published 2011 by Voyageur Press). Visit her at lelanargi.com and lelanarginews.blogspot.com.
Photos of cochineal, madder and weld courtesy of Andie Luijk.


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By Jonathan Stempel
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. government on Friday urged a federal appeals court to reject Apple Inc's effort to oust a court-appointed monitor for its antitrust compliance, saying the company "cannot be trusted" to do the job on its own.
Apple has been seeking the removal of Michael Bromwich, who was appointed in October by U.S. District Judge Denise Cote in Manhattan, three months after she found Apple liable for conspiring with five publishers to raise e-book prices.
On Tuesday, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York temporarily halted Bromwich's work so a three-judge panel could review Apple's request to halt his work, potentially for several months, while it fully appeals whether there should be a monitor at all.
But in a Friday filing with the 2nd Circuit, the U.S. Department of Justice said Apple did not make the required "strong showing" that Cote abused her discretion in requiring a monitor for two years, or show it suffered irreparable harm.
Apple has complained that Bromwich had been conducting a "quasi-inquisitorial, quasi-prosecutorial" investigation that could, if unchecked, impede its ability to develop new products.
It has also objected to Bromwich's $1,100 per hour fee, which Cupertino, California-based Apple must pay.
"Apple's complaints ... demonstrate only that the monitor is trying to do his job," the Justice Department said. "Even if Apple could establish that the monitor had exceeded his authority, the proper relief at most would be disqualification of this particular monitor."
The government added that Apple "cannot be trusted, on its own," to develop effective antitrust compliance and training programs, and that taxpayers should "never again have to pay for the government to investigate Apple for antitrust violations."
Spokespeople for Apple did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Bromwich has denied having overreached in monitoring Apple and said the company had been impeding his work.
The 2nd Circuit panel is expected to hear oral arguments on Apple's request for a longer stay on February 4.
The case is U.S. v. Apple Inc, 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, No. 14-60.
(Reporting by Jonathan Stempel in New York; Editing by Leslie Adler)


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If you know anyone who is graduating from college, you'll want to look at some good gift ideas for their graduation gift. Money is always nice, but if you can't shower your favorite graduate with cash, think about some diy gifts instead.
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The federal agencies responsible for making Columbia Basin hydroelectric dams safer for salmon say they are doing a good job, helping more young fish survive their migration downstream, and producing higher returns among threatened and endangered runs.
The Bonneville Power Administration, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and U.S. Bureau of Reclamation released a draft evaluation Thursday of their efforts since 2008 to implement the improvements laid out by the NOAA Fisheries Service.
It says improvements have now been made to all the dams on the Snake and Columbia rivers to help young fish survive their downstream migration, and they are on track to meet individual dam survival goals of 96 percent in spring and 93 percent in summer. Most of the 13 runs of salmon and steelhead protected by the Endangered Species Act are returning in greater numbers. More than 2,000 miles of river have been opened to salmon spawning, more water has been devoted to increasing flow in salmon streams, and 3,791 acres of river estuaries have been protected.
But conservation groups say despite $600 million a year spent by the agencies, most of the protected salmon runs are just holding their own or declining. And 80 percent of the salmon returning to the Columbia Basin are still produced in hatcheries, rather than from naturally spawning fish in rivers.
The groups Save our Wild Salmon and Earthjustice said the single most effective measure — spilling more water over dams rather than running it through turbines — is not being done enough.
They add that the plan for making dams safer for salmon, known as a biological opinion, was ruled in violation of the Endangered Species Act by a federal judge in 2011, and the new biological opinion due at the end of this year needs to include more spill.
They added that the hundreds of millions of dollars spent on habitat improvement projects fails to address the biggest obstacle to restoring salmon populations, the hydroelectric dams.
The public has 30 days to comment.
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What to Wear to Work: Inside The Office of Super-Cool Shopping Start-Up Joyus.com
What to wear to work, fashion start-up edition: This week we've ventured inside the San Francisco offices of super-cool shopping start-up Joyus.com—a digital video shopping site that melds the traditional (static) e-commerce experience with home-shopping television (like HSN and QVC). Check out what three of the top execs at Joyus.com wear to work—and find out how shopping experts shop... for themselves!
Gina Pell, Chief Creative Officer: I'm wearing vintage eyeglasses, an Alexander McQueen assymetric zip dress, a stingray buckle bracelet (from Joyus!), and Jimmy Choo black sparkle booties. I splurged on these booties last winter and Sukhinder found them half-off at an outlet in Palm Springs. I'm trying to convince her to buy them because at Joyus, we're like fifth-grade BFFs who don't mind owning the same things—like that bracelet I'm wearing. I found it last year, tracked it down to sell on Joyus, and half of us in the office bought them and often wear them on the same day. I bought the other four colors I didn't own. I'm going to go broke working here!
Her personal style: My personal style is moody and eclectic. I love structure but also appreciate dandy, hippie, punk, '70s, '80s—anything with a sharp point of view. I dress differently day to day. One day it's vintage Halston. The next it's new, black, and angular. I also love bright colors and graphic patterns—although in the past few years I've toned down my palette to black, navy, grey and white. I'd say my love for fashion was cemented by The Antwerp Six, a group of breakout Belgian designers from the 80s that included Ann Demeulemeester and Dries Van Noten. Their aesthetic is minimalist, somewhat mathematical, with a strong, designerly edge. Martin Margiela is another Belgian designer that wows me and I'm a major Anglophile (McQueen, Giles, Westwood, McCartney). The intellectual side of my personal style is drawn to Belgian and English designers and my passionate side is mainly Italian and French (hello Marni and Hermes!). But then of course I'd be lost without my Americans like Tom Ford, Ralph Lauren, Phillip Lim, and Marc Jacobs!
Her number-one shopping tip: I'll never forget what my high school French teacher taught me: "Instead of wasting money on bargain trends, save your pennies and buy one amazing Chanel suit (even if you get it at a consignment shop). You'll keep it for 20+ years and you'll look fabulous every time you wear it." I've been using this advice to justify all of my shopping "investments" ever since!
Diana L Williams, Cofounder and VP of Product: I'm wearing a Nicole Miller dress. I got this dress after watching a Joyus video on Nicole Miller's Fall Musts. After seeing it in the video and seeing how great it looked, I had to get it. I'm also wearing YSL pumps—I got these shoes brand new on eBay for an amazing steal!—and a La Mer Watch.
Her personal style: To me, the more relaxed and natural looking the better! I love comfortable clothing in muted, earth tones. I like simple clean lines and will not wear anything with frills, bows or sequins. I wear limited accessories and makeup—just enough to tie the look together.
Her number-one shopping tip: I love finding unique go-to products that you can wear to work during the day and later to dinner with friends. You're getting the value of two different outfits in one!
Sukhinder Singh Cassidy, Founder & CEO: I'm wearing a vintage dress by Prada, a necklace by Kara Ross, and heels by Pour La Victoire. The necklace was a thank you from Kara for the great video segment she did with us. We should be thanking her for letting us feature her fabulous collection!
Her personal style: Very, tailored and fitted, feminine and not afraid of color. I like things that show your shape and anything that makes me look taller is a plus. I'm also a hi-lo shopper and love pairing bargain finds with that thing I just had to have but emptied my bank account. My fashion influences/inspirations/icons? Cate Blanchett, Victoria Beckham, and Zoe Saldana all have great style. I also love Marc Jacobs, DVF, J. Crew, Prada, and anything vintage.
Her number-one shopping tip: Pair nude pumps with everything you possibly can, just about all year round. They make you look taller (any size heel in this color) and give you a long slim leg line. My closet is filled with nude colored shoes of every dimension right now.
What do you wear to work? And whose office would you like us to scope out next? Tell us in the comments!
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Student Blog Post: "A Huge Step Out of My Comfort Zone"
Meet Jerry Lawman, a junior international business major at Waynesburg University. This semester, he will be interning at Bosch in Germany and will share his experiences right here on the Waynesburg blog.
I am a junior International Business major here at Waynesburg and I am currently interning in the Controlling Department for Bosch in Ludwigsburg, Germany. I knew from the beginning that this international internship was going to be a huge step out of my comfort zone, especially because I've never traveled outside of the U.S.
It was my first flight overseas and I arrived in Stuttgart, Germany on January 28 with no plans on where to stay until I moved into my apartment February 1. I figured it would be a fun experience to figure everything out when I got there, and it was! I met so many helpful people.
My first step was to get a German SIM card for my phone. From there, two men helped me book a hostel and helped me carry my luggage all the way there. I was shocked by how helpful they were. They said they have a saying in China, "If you are going to help someone, you help them all the way through."
After my jet lag wore off the next day, I started to explore the city of Stuttgart. It is one of the biggest cities I have ever been to. This is also the first time I have ever used public transportation, so the trains and buses took me a couple days to figure how everything worked. My stay at the hostel was a great experience, however. I met people from all over the world like Argentina, Jordan, Australia, India, Turkey and Germany as well. Many of them are now my friends on Facebook and we will probably stay in touch.
I met many other people on the streets while exploring; because I was lost, people would help me get to where I needed to go and some of these people I am now friends with. It is just crazy how many people you meet when you go to a different country like this.
I finally moved in to my apartment the day before I started work and my landlord was very helpful to me and helped me find out how to register at the town hall and even let me use some extra bedding because I could not pack my own bedding. It is a furnished six person shared apartment, however, and there will be all interns living here who will work for Porsche and Komet.
They helped me find out my route for my first day of work and other things that would have been hard to do by myself. It takes me about 40 minutes to get to work and I arrive about 20 to 30 minutes early every day. I made sure to make a good first impression by wearing a suit my first day and wearing a nice shirt and tie every day after.
I was introduced to everyone in the controlling department where I will work, and everyone speaks at least a little English so I can communicate with everyone. The first few days I started to learn some of my tasks and what I will be doing. A lot of my work will involve Excel, but the first few days I had to learn Excel in German so it was very difficult at first.
I am trying to learn as much as I can from the two other interns, as they will be done with their internships in a couple weeks - then I will be the only intern in this department. Our main tasks include resources controlling, business planning, monthly business reporting and other controlling related activities.
In my first week of work, I tried to show my willingness to learn and perform, as well as show them how I can be proactive and a strong team player. Being the only American in my department at Bosch is definitely a great experience to learn about cultures different from my own.
About Bosch: Bosch home appliances is part of BSH, BSH Home Appliances Group, based in Munich, Germany. As part of the third largest appliance manufacturer in the world, Bosch has been selling high performance German-engineered major home appliances and cooking appliances in the United States since 1991. Known nationwide for raising the standards in appliance quietness, efficiency and integrated design, Bosch frequently receives top ratings in leading consumer publications and is the winner of the 2011, 2012 and 2013 Energy Star® Sustained Excellence Award. With U.S. headquarters in Irvine, CA, the company operates an appliance park in New Bern, North Carolina, comprised of state-of-the-art factories for dishwashers, ranges, ovens and cooktops.


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1 Day, 2 Courts, 2 Contradictory Rulings on Federal Taxes for Affordable Care Act Insurance
July 22, 2014
In a major lawsuit, a D.C. federal appeals court panel ruled on July 22 that government subsidies provided to almost five million people enabling them to buy health insurance on the federal Healthcare.gov exchange are illegal.
According to CNBC's coverage of the decision, known as Halbig after the name of the person who brought suit: "The 2-1 ruling said such subsidies can be granted only to people who bought insurance in an Obamacare exchange run by an individual state or the District of Columbia -- not on the federally run exchange HealthCare.gov." There are currently only 14 states that run their own exchanges.
It turns out that millions of lives could be negatively affected over an issue of semantics.
"Section 36B plainly makes subsidies available in the Exchanges established by states," Senior Circuit Judge Raymond Randolph wrote in his majority opinion. "We reach this conclusion, frankly, with reluctance. At least until states that wish to can set up their own Exchanges, our ruling will likely have significant consequences both for millions of individuals receiving tax credits through federal Exchanges and for health insurance markets more broadly." Judge Thomas Griffith was the other jurist ruling for the plaintiffs.
In his dissent, Judge Harry Edwards wrote that the judgment of the majority "portends disastrous consequences."
Indeed, though no data is available on just how many HIV-positive people rely on subsidies to be able to afford health insurance, Ronald Johnson, the vice president of policy and advocacy for AIDS United, said the decision was a "very serious and damaging development." Johnson contends that the ruling undermines the goal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) of providing affordable health coverage to Americans.
"I'm not a lawyer," he continued, "but I don't think this is consistent with what Congress intended. Lower court opinions have sided with the law. The Appeals Court panel's decision is a surprising and disappointing one that could put in jeopardy health coverage for millions of people, including a significant number of whom are HIV-positive."
As if affirming his statement, two hours after Halbig came down, a Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in Virginia sided with other previous lower court rulings saying the language was "ambiguous" and could be read in various ways, deferring to the IRS rule. "Applying deference to the IRS's determination, however, we uphold the rule as a permissible exercise of the agency's discretion," the decision read.
While the Obama administration will certainly appeal Halbig, perhaps helped by the Virginia court's ruling, Johnson said further analysis of the decision was needed. The D.C. panel could put a stay on its ruling, which would enable subsidies to continue until the appeals process -- which may go as high as the Supreme Court -- decides the issue once and for all.
The current consensus is that the ruling will have no immediate effect. White House spokesman Josh Earnest said the ruling "does not have any practical impact on premium subsidies issued to HealthCare.gov enrollees now."
And Emily Pierce, a spokeswoman for the Justice Department, told the Wall Street Journal, "We believe that this decision is incorrect, inconsistent with congressional intent, different from previous rulings, and at odds with the goal of the law. In the meantime, to be clear, people getting premium tax credits should know that nothing has changed, tax credits remain available.''
Johnson is concerned, as are other HIV and health care advocates, that without a stay or a final decision, the subsidies will stop, people won't be able to pay their premiums, insurance companies will consider the policies unpaid, and the insurance will be cancelled.
"It certainly would cause a lot of people to rejoin the ranks of the uninsured," Ron Pollack, founder of Families USA, a health care consumer advocacy group told CNBC. "The provision of the tax credit premium subsidy makes a huge difference in terms of whether people considering enrollment or enrolling in coverage will find such coverage affordable."
Johnson summed it up perfectly: "One thing I can be very sure of saying is that the insurance companies aren't going to be left holding the bag."
Sue Saltmarsh has worked in the HIV/AIDS field for over 20 years, the first 10 as an herbalist and energy therapist at Project Vida, the last six as a writer and copy editor for Positively Aware magazine. She is now a freelance writer and editor and is also able to devote more time to her passion as founder and director of the Drive for Universal Healthcare (DUH).
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- 2 tbsps Toasted sesame seeds
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- Add the soy sauce, pepper (adjust to taste), sesame seeds and mix together.
- Cover and refrigerate for no more than 20 min to keep the fresh taste of the fish.
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Guangzhou, China - In an important symbol of our bilateral relationship with the People's Republic of China, Under Secretary of State for Management Patrick F. Kennedy; Charge d'Affaires Dan Kritenbrink; Consul General Jennifer Zimdahl Galt; and Deputy Director of the Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations Casey Jones alongside local Chinese officials hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony for the new U.S. Consulate General in Guangzhou today.
The multi-building complex occupies a 7.5-acre lot in the city's Pearl River New Town district and provides a modern, convenient, and secure workplace for Consulate staff. The award-winning design includes two office buildings, a U.S. Marine Corps residence, a warehouse with service shops, and three entrance pavilions to welcome employees, visitors, and consular customers.
Numerous features conserve resources and reduce operating costs, including a white, highly reflective roof on the main office building to reduce cooling costs; green roofs on several buildings to help insulate, capture and filter rainwater, and filter city air; and a storm water retention system. The new Consulate General earned the U.S. Green Building Certification Institute's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) Silver certification.
The $267 million project was designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP of San Francisco, California and was built by BL Harbert International, LLC, of Birmingham, Alabama and China Huashi Enterprises, Ltd., of Chengdu, China.
Since 1999, as part of the Department's Capital Security Construction Program, the Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations (OBO) has completed 111 new diplomatic facilities around the world. An additional 32 projects are in design or under construction.
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Starring: Sandra Bullock, Melissa McCarthy, Michael Rappaport
Directed by: Paul Feig
Other: A 20th Century Fox release. Rated R for language, violence. 117 minutes
Yet, when Plainfield native Melissa McCarthy and her partner in crime-fighting, Sandra Bullock, find their comic groove, the hits begin to outnumber the misses and "The Heat" brings on some riotously funny moments and several surprises along the way.
The funniest lines in the movie? Don't ask.
They can't be repeated in a family newspaper, mainly because they come out of the R-rated mouth of McCarthy's salty Boston street cop, Shannon Mullins, who fires off far more F-bombs than bullets in "The Heat," and they can be just as lethal.
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Her pursuit of a mysterious, never-seen drug kingpin brings her to Boston where she reluctantly pairs up with McCarthy's pushy, gun-waving police officer who's so intimidating that everyone on the local force, even her boss, quivers in her presence.
Sarah has the opposite problem: Her fellow agents have little respect for her, as evidenced by a scene in which FBI men ignore her orders by entering a house of interest. (Considering she's the only agent who doesn't wear protective head gear, how smart can she really be?)
Sarah goes by the book.
Shannon throws the book.
Literally, she throws a phone book at a suspect before using her revolver to play Russian roulette with his unmentionables. And he talks.
As McCarthy bounces around like a hand grenade with the pin pulled (you never know when she's going to explode), Bullock's Sarah provides the perfect foil as her straight-as-a-stilletto partner.
McCarthy's nonstop verbal assaults feel utterly and hilariously spontaneous. (How much of her dialogue actually came from Katie Dippold's formula screenplay would be interesting to know.)
Feig previously directed McCarthy to an Oscar nomination in the far edgier, better-written "Bridesmaids," and it's highly unlikely he'll repeat that accomplishment here.
But he does elicit surprising empathy for his leading characters.
Sarah turns out to be an orphan overcompensating for her lack of family and love.
Shannon comes from a big Catholic family with a stern matriarch ("SNL" veteran Jane Curtin) and lots of hard feelings. She put her brother (Michael Rappaport) behind bars. But she did it to save him from mobsters, so her heart was in the right place.
OK, that's enough emo material for this movie.
Just when "The Heat" seems to be losing its comic hotness, bam! We get randomly hit by a man choking in a restaurant and it's up to Sarah to remember a TV special on tracheotomies to save the man's life.
Yes, it's a bloody riot.
Next up for Feig will be a comic twist on the James Bond movies -- with a female 007. The heat is on.


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In special circumstances, a student wishing to pursue a course of study not available within the stated offerings of John Brown University may present a petition to the Dean of Undergraduate Studies, requesting approval of an individualized program leading to a baccalaureate or associate's degree in Interdisciplinary Studies. Such a program should be thoughtfully designed in consultation with a faculty adviser after the student has had significant college experience. Therefore, a student should not begin the proposal process prior to the second semester of the sophomore year.
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The Immigration Advocates Network (IAN) is excited to announce its first annual e-conference, "Cutting Edge Issues in Immigration Law," from October 29 to November 2, 2012. Join us for a week-long series of interactive online trainings with national experts in children's issues, U-visas, naturalization, asylum, and the intersection of immigration and crimes. In addition to discussing emerging issues and best practices in key areas of immigration law, panelists will also consider how each of these areas intersects with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA). The cost of each two-hour training session is $40, which will help to ensure that IAN is able to continue to offer free trainings and resources throughout the year.
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We report on a series of transfer learning experiments in game domains, in which we use structural analogy from one learned game to speed learning of another related game. We find that a major benefit of analogy is that it reduces the extent to which the source domain must be generalized before transfer. We describe two techniques in particular, minimal ascension and metamapping, that enable analogies to be drawn even when comparing descriptions using different relational vocabularies. Evidence for the effectiveness of these techniques is provided by a large-scale external evaluation, involving a substantial number of novel distant analogs.
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EFF Launches 'Defend Innovation' Site In An Attempt To Fix Software Patents
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- A patent covering software should be shorter: no more than five years from the application date.
- If the patent is invalid or there's no infringement, the trolls should have to pay the legal fees.
- Patent applicants should be required to provide an example of running software code for each claim in the patent.
- Infringers should avoid liability if they independently arrive at the patented invention.
- Patents and licenses should be public right away. Patent owners should be required to keep their public records up-to-date.
- The law should limit damages so that a patent owner can't collect millions if the patent represented only a tiny fraction of a defendant's product.
- Congress should commission a study and hold hearings to examine whether software patents actually benefit our economy at all.
Some don't think the EFF is going far enough. Tim Lee put together a petition, asking the EFF to go even further and oppose software patents altogether. You could argue that point number seven gets towards that. In fact, you could argue that point number seven should be the whole ballgame here. The fact that we don't have any evidence that software patents benefit the economy should make the whole system a mockery. Either way, the EFF's response to the whole "abolish software patents" issue, is that there needs to be a first step:
Regardless of whether you think software patents should be abolished altogether or just reformed, the first step is recognizing that a one-size-fits-all patents system doesn't make sense and that we need to treat software patents differently from other types of patents. Without that, no effort – whether reform or abolition – can be successful.To be honest, as bad as software patents can be, I still do worry about hardware patents as well. So I don't think we should lose sight of the independent invention defense (or independent invention as evidence of obviousness) as a useful tool to fix many of the larger problems with the system. There are some other potential fixes out there as well, including something akin to an anti-SLAPP law for patents -- where it's clear that the lawsuit is an abuse of the patent system, just to try to get a company actually producing a product to pay. A big part of the problem today is how expensive a patent lawsuit is, and how difficult it is to get one dismissed without first having to spend upwards of a million dollars (no joke). That leads many companies to settle. This is, obviously, what point number 2 in the Defend Innovation campaign is about, but getting faster, anti-SLAPP-like dismissals would be a big help as well, as no company wants a big expensive lawsuit hanging over them.
Either way, it's good to see renewed emphasis on the problems of the patent system, especially after Congress and President Obama pretended that they'd "fixed" everything last summer with the patent reform bill that did very little (and probably made some things worse).


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Farmers might have an opportunity to replace some commercial fertilizer on wheat and corn crops after an unusually wet fall and warm winter left livestock producers with an abundance of manure, says an Ohio State University Extension researcher.
Livestock producers have been pressed for manure storage because they've been unable to get out and apply it to saturated fields. But according to Glen Arnold, they can turn the unplanned excess into opportunity by using it as a field crop fertilizer.
While manure has long been a viable fertilizer option, the time and high costs associated with transporting it, coupled with the convenience and efficacy of synthetic fertilizers, have limited its application to summer and fall months post-harvest. But as commercial fertilizer costs have risen sharply in recent years, Arnold says more farmers might now be interested in applying manure as wheat and corn crops are growing - especially since the nutrients are in their manure storage facilities waiting to be used.
"A relatively small percentage of farmers apply manure to growing crops at this time, but we think that will increase once more people see the benefit and cost savings," he says. "Farmers are creative business people, and when they see how well manure works they'll come up with innovative ways to make it work for their operations."
Arnold, whose field research includes use of livestock manure on growing crops, says he has found that farmers can benefit financially by using manure. He also has found that more of the nutrients - nitrogen and phosphorus in particular - are better used when applied to the crop while it's growing instead of when fields are bare.
"Incorporating manure intro growing crops is a great way to keep phosphorus from escaping into surface waters," he says.
Arnold will hold a workshop March 1 about manure as a fertilizer on growing crops, 7-9 p.m. at the Putnam County office of OSU Extension, 124 Putnam Parkway, Ottawa. Registration is $10 in advance or $15 at the door. Participants can register for the workshop by calling 419-422-3851.
He also will present on March 7 at the Conservation Tillage and Technology Conference. The talk, which begins at 8:30 a.m., will offer strategies and tips for growers to consider applying manure as a field nutrient in April, May and June - an application window Arnold said many farmers haven't fully explored.
The Conservation Tillage and Technology Conference is sponsored by OSU Extension, the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, Northwest Ohio Soil and Water Conservation Districts, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service, and the Ohio No-Till Council.
The full schedule and registration information can be found at http://ctc.osu.edu. Participants can register online or by mail. Registration for the full conference is $80 (or $60 for one day) if received by Feb. 24. More information also is available in county offices of OSU Extension.


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DX58OG: Only One Blue Sata 6GB Port Working on Boardscoy Jun 7, 2011 10:09 AM
Here is the system I recently built:
Intel Core i7-960 3.20GHz LGA1366 CPU BX80601960
MB Intel BOX DX58OG
PSU Corsair 600W
MEM 4G KST KVR1333D3/4GR x3
EVGA GeForce GTX 560 Ti
Western Digital 500 GB Sata 6.0 Gb-s Internal oem Drive WD5000AAKX
Western Digital 2 TB Caviar Black Sata 6GB/s Internal oem Drive WD5000AAKX
Windows 7 Home
My issue is I can only get one of the two blue SATA 6Gb ports on my board to work.
OS (Windows 7) is installed on the 500gb drive plugged into the bottom blue sata 6gb port (port 6), and with only this plugged in, the computer boots and runs like a dream. The problem begins when I plug in the 2TB hard drive to the other/top blue sata 6bg port (port 7). The drive shows up at boot and in the BIOS, but hangs on the windows loading screen for all eternity, or until I concede and cut the power.
After some troubleshooting of my own, I determined the issue was not with cables or the drives themselves (the 2TB hard drive worked fine when plugged into another machine). I also updated my drivers and BIOS. Windows tells me the Marvell Sata 6GB controllers are "up to date" but are dated 05-2010, and I've heard there was an update in March 2011, but I have not had success in finding the updated controller files.
I came across this post (http://communities.intel.com/message/127643) where the user dmcadams was having a similar issue with this board and, across 14 systems, determined that one of the two blue sata 6gb ports was not working in 100% of the cases. This tells me either
1) There is something inherently wrong with the blue sata 6gb ports on Intel's DX58OG board, or
2) There is something both dmcadams and I are overlooking.
Additionally, I've come across this tip under Intel's support information, titled "Enabling Support for 2 Terabyte Drives." Aha! The drive giving me issues is 2TB… The tip reads:
>> If you are using a hard drive 2 terabytes or greater in capacity,
>> you must enable UEFI (Unified Extended Firmware Interface)
>> in order for your system to recognize the drive.
>> To enable UEFI: During boot, enter the BIOS setup by pressing F2,
>> go to the Boot menu, set UEFI Boot to Enable. Press F10 to Save and Exit.
I set UEFI boot to enable and, upon reboot, found no boot drives. It seems enabling UEFI has perhaps enabled my 2TB drive but also disabled by boot drive which is only 500Gb. Either way, with UEFI enabled, I cannot boot at all.
This leads me back to square 1, with only one blue sata 6GB port working. Is it something I am overlooking/doing wrong, or is there something wrong with my board and I need to return it and get a new/different one?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated, as at the moment I am out of ideas.


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An implanted port is shaped like a disk. It is placed (implanted) under the skin during surgery. Ports can be used for giving IV (intravenous) medicines, fluids, food, or taking blood samples.
The most common place for a port is on your upper chest just below your collarbone. It can also be put in your arm, leg, or abdomen. Ports come in many shapes and sizes. Your doctor will choose the port and decide where to put it. He or she will look at your body size and what your port will be used for.
Your port can stay in as long as your doctor feels you need it. It is made from special materials, so it is safe for long-term use. When your port is not being used, a special liquid is put into it once a month.
Your port will be put in during a short surgery in the operating room. It is usually done under local anesthesia. Local anesthesia numbs the part of the body being worked on. The surgeon will make a small cut into the area where the port will go. He or she will put the port just under your skin. A small flexible tube called a catheter is attached to the port. The tip of the catheter will be put into the large vein leading to your heart.
Your port will look like a small, raised area under your skin. The center of the disk is raised. This is called the septum. Fluids are put into or taken out of the port using a special needle that goes into the septum. Most patients feel a mild pricking when the needle goes into their skin over the septum.
The catheter connects to the septum. The catheter takes the medicine or fluids right into the blood. Blood for lab tests can also be taken out through the catheter. When the needle is removed from the septum, no fluids or blood can leak out. The port can be used on the same day it is put in.
If you stay in the hospital, a nurse will take care of your incision and implanted port. At first, your small incision will have adhesive strips (i.e. Steri-Strips™) on it. It will be covered with a small bandage. The adhesive strips stay in place until the incision heals. The incision should heal in about 5 to 7 days. After that, you do not have to wear a bandage except when the port is being used for a continuous infusion. A bandage will be used to keep the needle steady and protected while it is being used.
If you are going home after your port is inserted, your nurse may set up a home-care nurse visit. If you do not need a home-care nurse, you will get directions and special training for your port. For the first 24 to 48 hours after surgery, the area around your incision will be tender and a little red. You should call your doctor if this doesn't improve. You should also call your doctor if you have severe pain, a fever of 100.5 F or above, bleeding, or swelling.
After surgery, you will get a manufacturer's medical alert information card. This card has information about your port. You should carry it in your wallet in case you need medical treatment from health care workers who don't know your medical history. You may want to think about buying a MedicAlert® bracelet or necklace. It would give information about your port to emergency health care workers.
Do not do any tiring activities for the first few days after surgery. Make sure you understand and follow any special instructions that your doctor or nurse give you. When your incision is healed, you may go back to normal activities. Check with your doctor or nurse about specific activities such as jogging, swimming, and tennis.
The bandage must be kept dry until the incision is completely healed. This usually takes 5 to 7 days. You can not take a shower during this time. You can usually take a bath if the port is in your chest, but you have to keep the bandage dry. You should ask your doctor or nurse for instructions on how you should bathe.
The clothes that you can wear, and those you may need to stay away from, depend on the location of your port. For example, if your port is in your upper chest, you may have to stay away from some types of bra straps or suspenders. Ask your nurse if you have a question about an item of clothing.
You should check with your insurance company. Most insurance policies will pay for the port.
The port does not usually set off security alarms. If it does, you can show your medical alert information card.
The port is taken out during surgery. The surgery will be similar to the surgery you had when it was put in.
Once your incision is healed, call your doctor if you have any:
You can also call your doctor or nurse if you have any other problems with your port.
Revised February 2013
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TDKR Oscar Chances? - Part 1
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Personally, I'm not even sure I'm all that enthused by the technical/visual spectacle that TDKR represents. Due to runtime limitations, many of the set pieces were surprisingly mediocre due to poor editing.
As well, during later viewings, I came to find the taller aspect ratio of the IMAX scenes actually less grand, epic, and cinematic. It almost had a TV like appearance in regards to how shots were framed. I think Nolan may have actually used the format more effectively in TDK. By reserving it for wide shots and large action spectacles, the format elevated the grandeur of those special moments. It created a larger canvas. In contrast, I find TDKR actually lost some of grandeur and cinematic quality by using IMAX so much in the film. Say what you will, but good old-fashioned anamorphic widescreen composition has certain unique quality to it.
TDKR had a "TV-like" appearance?
No. Just no.
This one's going on my FB page.
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Yesterday was the 101st annual International Women's Day. In some countries this Day holds the same stature as Mother's Day and celebrates women's economic, political and social achievements. More or less concurrently, proposals landed in Congress and in states around the nation to excuse insurance plans and religious employers from birth control coverage if they have moral objections. That a day to honor women should fall amidst a political action so harmful to women – attacking something so basic and benign as contraception – demonstrates the inequities women still suffer even here in America, even now in 2012.
The crass and inaccurate rants that ensued should sound familiar. Arguments to deny women the right to choose what is suitable for their lives are interchangeable with the pious condemnations of terminally ill individuals' right to choose what is suitable for their deaths. Targeting women is still easy and a sexual context lends an emotional charge to assaults on basic healthcare. But don't be fooled. In any of these attacks, you can easily substitute "patients" for "women" and "suicidal" for "promiscuous." Yes, this disrespect for a woman's personal liberty masks what is in fact a disregard for the healthcare autonomy of all of us. The dictators of morality are no more respectful of end-of-life choice than they are of reproductive choice.
The burden of defending end-of-life choice falls more heavily on women, as we tend to live longer ourselves, and act as the caregivers and decision-makers for others who go before us.
We, as women and for women, must work together to secure the right to control our healthcare, make our own end-of-life choices, and let no one decide for us how much we or our loved ones should suffer. This effort needs information, organization and strategy to succeed. We've designed our upcoming conference in Chicago this June – Heights of Compassion, Bridges to Choice – to address issues of personal planning, personal activism and community advocacy.
Our conference can help you ensure your own end-of-life wishes are followed, deliver tools to empower your family and community for their protection, and reveal opportunities to help secure the full range of options for all Americans and future generations. Come take the power with effective tools to battle the forces that would limit our liberty. Let's unify to create a single vibrant voice that speaks for the vast majority of Americans against the noisy few. Yes, we've come a long way; but clearly we've still some distance to go.


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Many cats enjoy playing with light, bouncy ping-pong balls or plastic practice golf balls. Keep a few on hand for your cat.read more
If your veterinarian were to ask you to take your cat's temperature at home, would you know what to do? This often-necessary task might seem simple, but it requires preparation and practice. Dr. Jodi Korich, a veterinarian and the director of Partners in Animal Health at Cornell University's College of Veterinary Medicine, explains what you should do both now and when the moment of need arises.
Cat First-aid Kit
It helps to create mini "sub-kits" within your cat's basic first-aid kit, with each containing items required for specific tasks. For the temperature-taking portion of the kit, you'll need:
Taking Your Cat's Temperature
Even before your cat is ill, it's important that you perform a few practice temperature-taking runs. These instructions assume that you are using a digital thermometer. To begin, lightly coat the tip of the thermometer with lubricant. Have all the other required items within reach.
If possible, "Try to find a friend or family member who can help out," advises Dr. Korich. One individual can then serve as the "cat holder," securing the cat with both hands between the feline's neck and shoulders. If the cat might bite or scratch, have this second individual wear gloves and use a towel to hold the feline patient.
If you're working alone, hold your cat against your side. Wrap an arm around the front of your cat so it cannot break free. If possible, place your cat on a raised surface, such as a table.
Lift your cat's tail, but be gentle. If you pull too hard, you can hurt your cat, which might then bolt. Insert the thermometer into your cat's anus. "There will be some initial resistance, due to contraction of the anal muscles," warns Korich. Hold the thermometer until it beeps, signifying that a temperature has been taken.
When finished, "It's important that you don't forget the treat," says Korich. This will help to ease your cat's tension and reinforce that the temperature-taking process is rewarding and not threatening.
Korich says temperatures falling between 100.4 F to 102 F "are considered to be normal for cats." If your cat is emotionally stressed, however, its temperature could go up to around 103 F.
When to Take Your Cat's Temperature
According to the Hale Veterinary Group of Wiltshire, England, "pyrogens," or substances that change the level at which the body temperature is maintained, cause fever. Pyrogens include "bacteria, viruses, toxins, some drugs and natural substances released by the body in response to inflammation." Cat temperatures tend to hold steady, so rises and falls strongly indicate that something is wrong.
Korich says your veterinarian might ask that you take your cat's temperature after it has undergone a surgical procedure or has been diagnosed with an illness. "Visits to the hospital can be tremendously stressful for cats, so home monitoring under a veterinarian's supervision can allow the cat to recover quicker," she explains.
"Cats are notoriously secretive about illness," says Korich. Temperature is one key indicator of sickness that your clever feline cannot fake or hide.
Jennifer Viegas is the managing editor of The Daily Cat. She is a journalist for Discovery News, the news service for the Discovery Channel, and has written more than 20 books on animals, health and other science-related topics.
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One who ponders these questions and grasps their importance comes face to face with an inescapable fact: the universe we live in is created by a Creator, whose existence and attributes are revealed in everything that exists. The earth, a tiny spot in the universe, is created to serve a significant purpose. Nothing occurs purposelessly in the flow of our lives. The Creator, revealing His attributes, His might and wisdom throughout the universe, did not leave man alone but invested him with a significant purpose.
The Secret of the World
|In the Qur'an, the last remaining authentic revelation which guides humanity to the true path, Allah repeatedly reminds us of the temporary nature of this world, summoning us to clarity of mind and consciousness. Indeed, wherever we live, we are all vulnerable to the devastating effects of this world, a self-explanatory phenomenon for people who observe life and the happenings around us. This is also true of all the attractions surrounding us. The pictures in this page are each a demonstration of this fact. Any corner of the world, no matter how impressive, will be exposed to unavoidable deterioration in a few decades, sometimes in even shorter periods of time than one would have ever expected.
Given all these traits, what is expected of man is to be a servant of Allah. However, as Allah makes clear in the Qur'an, the majority of people are "wrongdoers" and "ungrateful" to their Creator, for they refuse submission to Allah. They suppose that life is long and that they possess the individual strength to survive.
|Everything on earth is destined to perish. This is the real nature of worldly life...
Think about a typical holiday: After months of hard work, you have your two weeks' vacation and arrive at your favorite holiday resort after an exhausting eight hours' ride. The lobby is crowded with holidaymakers like you.
You even notice familiar faces and greet them.
The weather is warm and you do not want to miss one moment enjoying the sunshine and the calm sea, so without losing any time, you find your room, put on your swimsuit and hurry to the beach. At last, you are in the crystal-clear water, but suddenly you are startled by a voice: "Wake up, you will be late for work!"
Nevertheless, from the beginning of history, Allah has instructed man about the temporary nature of this world and described the Hereafter, his real and eternal residence. Many details pertaining to paradise and hell are depicted in the revelations of Allah. Despite this fact, man tends to forget this essential truth and tries to invest all his efforts in this life, even though it is short and temporary. However only those who assume a rational approach to life are summoned to clarity of mind and consciousness and realize that this life is not worth anything compared to the eternal one. That is why man's objective in life is only to attain paradise, an eternal place of Allah's benevolence and enduring abundance. Seeking the contentment of Allah with true faith is the only way to obtain it. However, those who try not to think about the unavoidable end of this world, and who lead a life in keeping with such an attitude surely deserve eternal punishment.
And coin for them the similitude of the life of the world as water which We send down from the sky, and the vegetation of the earth mingled with it and then became dry twigs that the winds scatter. Allah is able to do all things.
(Surat al-Kahf: 45)
Know you (all), that the life of this world is but play and amusement, pomp and mutual boasting and multiplying (in rivalry) among yourselves, riches and children. Here is a similitude: How rain and the growth which it brings forth delight (the hearts of) the tillers; soon it withers; you will see it grow yellow; then it becomes dry and crumbles away. But in the Hereafter is a Penalty severe (for the devotees of wrong). And Forgiveness from Allah and (His) Good Pleasure (for the devotees of Allah). And what is the life of this world, but goods and chattels of deception? (Surat al-Hadid: 20)


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Reality TV star-turned-fashionista and writer Lauren Conrad's ex-boyfriend Jason Wahler is engaged.
The former The Hills hunk proposed to model Ashley Slack in November (12), according to Us Weekly, and the couple is planning to wed in October (13).
Slack went public with the news on Facebook.com by posting a photo of her engagement ring and the message, "I said yes! I am the happiest girl in the whole wide world and I cannot wait to spend the rest of my life with my best friend."
Wahler also shared a photo of his fiancee's ring on Instagram, adding, "Love you babe."
The reality TV bad boy has previously revealed that his relationship with Slack is the first he's "ever been in sober", adding, "It's a little bit different when you're not drinking and going out."
Wahler cleaned up his act on VH1's Celebrity Rehab in 2010 after six alcohol-related arrests.
It's the second piece of wedding news from former stars of The Hills so far this year (13) - another Conrad ex, Doug Reinhardt, became engaged to his high school sweetheart Allie Lutz over the holiday season and announced the news on Sunday (06Jan13).